The beginning- (or when life smiles you for the first time.)
I was born in a summer afternoon at 2 pm the 14th of January, one more capricorn in the world. I was the second child of a young couple, my parents Mary and Joseph (yes, those are their names, ironic isn't it?).
My sister was 2 years when I was born, her birth was complicated and basically traumatized my mother so she was determined of never getting pregnant again... and then i was created, funny how the world works.
My mom is Italian-chilean , daughter of an Italian immigrant and a chilean woman, she is beautiful, smart and strong. My dad is chilean, son of a military woman and jewelry seller, he is tall, funny and with a huge temper. For the reasons of the destiny (or university) they meet each other and fall in love and the product of their love are us, my sister, me and my brother, but how they meet and th stories of my siblings will be for another time.
As I already said, i was born in a hot afternoon in January, I was supposed to arrive several weeks earlier but, in words of my mom, I had no intentions of coming out. She arrived to the hospital for an inductive labor, the medical staff worked quickly to deliver me but before I could even get my first breathe I was stuck inside my mother's womb, everytime that my mom pushed i would come back inside (and my mom likes to joke that I was the laziest baby in existence, that i was so lazy to even wanting to be born). The truth is that I was tangled with my own umbilical cord, just like my sister, and every time that she pushed I was getting strangled.
I don't know if it was the gods mercy but the obstetrician that was in my labor was expert in cases like mine, kids stuck inside and probably dying. With a little twist here in there I was born, my mom said that my labor was the easiest and shortest that she knows, a labor of 20 minutes.
I was born healthy and small, a tiny tiny and fat baby who looked just like my mom, the same eyes, the same face. My dad tells me that i was the cutest and giggliest baby in the world, that my eyes where full of joy and life.
I love when my parents talk of when i was a baby, it makes me feel love and happy, is feels like i'm still that kid who looked with curiosity and joy the world.
And sometimes
I
feel
loved
just
like
before.
before everything.